Oatmeal Jack
We all fish for different reasons but one things for sure
when Oatmeal Jack goes fishing it’s for fun. Renowned for
his bankside BBQs and for getting youngsters interested
in the sport, this legend in his home state of WV and
outspoken voice amongst Native American Carpers has a
simply message. Listen as he relays a story about Cookie
and the boy Newton. Keep it simple and fish to the fish.
I am Cookie and I like to fish with my the river is wide and you can cast out
son Newton. I have been catfishing and very far. I rigged up my surfishing rods
surfishing for many years and I am new with my new hair rigs and boilie, plus a
to carp fishing. One day I noticed these big sinker. I had been practicing the
big fish swimming around us while we pendulum cast and here was the perfect
were catfishing and said to Newton, place to let loose and cast big. I ripped
“wouldn’t it be nice to catch one of those them out over 100 yards into the river
suckers”. So I found out they were and waited for my first big carp. Newton
called carp and started to do some was excited about catching his first big
research. On the internet, there are carp too. I knew I had this stuff figured
hundreds of fishing sites for carp and I out now that we are fishing; we didn’t
started to study how to do it. I read get a nibble.
about boilies and about chumming and
hair rigs. “Aha, I got this stuff figured So the next day, we took another 10
out” I yelled to Newton, “we are going pounds of sweetcorn, threw it out as far
carp fishing”. as we could by hand, and cast out
across the river. I was getting pretty
I went to Walmart and got 5 pounds of good at the pendulum cast and didn’t
sweetcorn and went down to the even hit myself in the head or face
Potomac river across from Razorback anymore, which was making fishing with
Ridge. Here there is a big beach on the the surfrods a lot more fun. “Aha, I got
West Virginia side that you can walk to this stuff figured out” I yelled to
easily from the parking lot. I threw out Newton as we threaded big golf ball
the 10 pounds of sweetcorn into the sized boilies I made myself on a single
deep water in front of the beach. Here hair rig. “Those big carp will love these
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